Synonyms for anaerobic
ˌæn əˈroʊ bɪk, ˌæn ɛə-anaer·o·bic

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1. anaerobicadjective

   Antonyms:
   aerobic

2. anaerobicadjective

   Antonyms:
   aerobic

3. anaerobicadjective

   Antonyms:
   aerobic

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1. anaerobic, anaerobioticadjective

   living or active in the absence of free oxygen

   "anaerobic bacteria"

   Synonyms:
   anaerobiotic

   Antonyms:
   aerobic, aerophilous, aerobiotic, aerophilic, oxidative

2. anaerobicadjective

   not aerobic

   "isometric exercises are anaerobic"

   Synonyms:
   anaerobiotic

   Antonyms:
   aerophilous, aerobic, aerophilic, aerobiotic, oxidative

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1. List of paraphrases for "anaerobic":

   anaerobiosis, hypoxic, aerobic

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1. Professor House:

   Anaerobic digestion is something we use frequently on earth for treating waste, what was novel about our work was taking the nutrients out of that stream and intentionally putting them into a microbial reactor to grow food.

2. Herman Suhirman:

   Arsenic is a particular concern for rice because most rice in the world is grown in flooded fields. When you flood the fields, that anaerobic environment seems to encourage the release of arsenic from the ground and the rice plant readily absorbs it.